Sociology Book Summaries

The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries
The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
by Benjamin Lorr 2020 328 pages
3.95
13.8K ratings
Food
Business
History
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 523 pages
4.02
9.7K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Business
The Art of Being Summary
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm 1989 144 pages
4.04
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Trust Me, I'm Lying Summary
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by Ryan Holiday 2012 259 pages
3.86
12.0K ratings
Business
Psychology
Politics
مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
مقدمة ابن خلدون
by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages
4.30
4.7K ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
The Meritocracy Trap Summary
The Meritocracy Trap
How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
by Daniel Markovits 2019 448 pages
3.83
2.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Moral Tribes Summary
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
by Joshua D. Greene 2013 432 pages
4.02
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.95
1.1K ratings
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
by Ernesto Laclau 1985 198 pages
3.84
1.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Wisdom of Crowds Summary
The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki 2004 306 pages
3.82
24.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
Modern Romance Summary
Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari 2015 279 pages
3.80
189.0K ratings
Humor
Romance
Book Club
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 1963 562 pages
3.87
29.9K ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 483 pages
4.20
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The New Geography of Jobs Summary
The New Geography of Jobs
by Enrico Moretti 2012 294 pages
4.03
2.7K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Misogyny Summary
Misogyny
The World's Oldest Prejudice
by Jack Holland 2006 320 pages
4.13
2.7K ratings
Feminism
History
Gender
The Ritual Effect Summary
The Ritual Effect
From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
by Michael Norton 2024 288 pages
3.42
1.0K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
Body Language Summary
Body Language
by Julius Fast 1970 183 pages
3.49
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
Outliers Summary
Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008 309 pages
4.19
836.8K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Other Significant Others Summary
The Other Significant Others
Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
by Rhaina Cohen 2024 320 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
Relationships
Friendship
Self Help
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.28
3.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Third Culture Kids Summary
Third Culture Kids
Growing Up Among Worlds
by David C. Pollock 1999 360 pages
4.09
2.2K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Education
Infectious Generosity Summary
Infectious Generosity
The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
by Chris J. Anderson 2024 272 pages
3.65
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps Summary
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
How We're Different and What to Do About It
by Allan Pease 1998 272 pages
3.76
11.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Girls & Sex Summary
Girls & Sex
Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
by Peggy Orenstein 2016 303 pages
4.07
11.1K ratings
Feminism
Parenting
Sexuality
Viral Justice Summary
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
by Ruha Benjamin 2022 392 pages
4.45
1.2K ratings
Social Justice
Race
Politics
The Corrosion of Character Summary
The Corrosion of Character
The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett 1996 176 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
Sociology
Economics
Politics
Are Prisons Obsolete? Summary
Are Prisons Obsolete?
by Angela Y. Davis 2003 128 pages
4.52
28.1K ratings
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Overdressed Summary
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012 244 pages
3.82
6.7K ratings
Fashion
Sustainability
Environment
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution Summary
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution
by Gustave Le Bon 2015 286 pages
4.18
242 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
The Will to Change Summary
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks 2003 208 pages
4.36
25.8K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Psychology
How to Kill a City Summary
How to Kill a City
Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
by Peter Moskowitz 2017 272 pages
4.09
3.6K ratings
Urban Planning
Politics
Urbanism
Friendship Summary
Friendship
The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
by Lydia Denworth 2020 312 pages
3.64
777 ratings
Psychology
Science
Friendship
Obedience to Authority Summary
Obedience to Authority
by Stanley Milgram 1974 256 pages
4.20
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 Summary
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1
An Introduction
by Michel Foucault 1976 176 pages
4.02
24.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
The Narcissist Next Door Summary
The Narcissist Next Door
Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World
by Jeffrey Kluger 2014 277 pages
3.11
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Combatting Cult Mind Control Summary
Combatting Cult Mind Control
The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
by Steven Hassan 1988 256 pages
4.42
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Cults
Religion
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
by Christopher Ryan 2018 400 pages
4.14
4.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Design Justice Summary
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages
4.18
506 ratings
Design
Technology
Social Justice
Cultish Summary
Cultish
The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell 2021 309 pages
3.83
104.2K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
Filterworld Summary
Filterworld
How Algorithms Flattened Culture
by Kyle Chayka 2024 290 pages
3.65
4.1K ratings
Technology
Sociology
Science
Decoded Summary
Decoded
The Science Behind Why We Buy
by Phil P. Barden 2013 280 pages
4.18
1.2K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
925 ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
The Philosophy of Money Summary
The Philosophy of Money
by Georg Simmel 1900 616 pages
4.07
397 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
Drunk Tank Pink Summary
Drunk Tank Pink
And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
by Adam Alter 2013 272 pages
3.56
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too Summary
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
by Christopher Emdin 2016 232 pages
4.07
4.8K ratings
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Mindwise Summary
Mindwise
How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
by Nicholas Epley 2014 242 pages
3.77
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
150.9K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
The Evolution of Cooperation Summary
The Evolution of Cooperation
by Robert Axelrod 1984 264 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
Economics
Science
Psychology
Future Shock Summary
Future Shock
by Alvin Toffler 1970 430 pages
3.82
5.2K ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
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